Sap-spout.



G. G. STELLE.

SAP SPOUT.

APPLICATION FILED APE.18, 1912.

1,042,834. Patented 0ct.29, 1912.

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CHARLES C. STELLE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SAP-SPOUT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 29,1912.

Application filed April 18, 1912. Serial No. 691,603.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES C. STELLE, a citizen of the United States,residing in the borough of Brooklyn, city of New York, State of NewYork, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sap-Spouts, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invent-ion relates to sap spouts, and has for its object to providean improved construction of the same whereby the sap trap formed thereinwill be protected from the wind and from ingress of water running downthe tree, and without interfering with the application thereto of thebucket supporting bail in the most desirable position close to the treebody.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improveddevice shown positioned in a tree to be tapped. Fig. 2 is a top planview of the device. Fig. 3 is a central vertical longitudinal sectionalview of the same.

Similar numerals of reference denote corresponding parts in the severalviews.

In the said drawing in which the device is shown as formed. integrallyof a single piece of material, preferably metal, the reference numeral 1denotes the head of the device, the same being formed circular in crosssection and slightly tapered inwardly where it merges into horizontallyand vertically disposed fins 2, 3, which may, if clesired, be providedon the under side of the horizontal fins 2 with strengthening ribs 4.The head 1, which is elongated somewhat, is formed with a taperedshoulder 5 and is enlarged somewhat at 6 as shown,- the upper side ofsaid enlargement merging into an upwardly and outwardly projecting lip 7undercut at 8 to receive the eye of a wire hook for supporting the sapreceiving bucket, said eye lying in the groove 9.

The device is provided with the usual sap trough 10, and within saidtrough, and disposed beneath the projecting lip 7, is a transversepartition 11, the orifice or hole 12 for the discharge of the sap intothe trough 10 passing through the head 1 and being disposed to lie atits open rear end slightly below the upper edge of the partition 11, theunder side of vertical fin 3 being cut Copies of this patent may beobtained for five cents each, by addressing the Washington, D. C.

away at 13 to give room for the flow of the sap into said orifice 12.

In use the device is driven into the tap hole 14 previously formed inthe tree, and which may be either horizontally disposed or formed at aslight angle downward and outward, until the shoulder 5 is forced intothe tree bark, as shown in Fig. 1. The partition 11 will now form a damor trap for the sap, which will accumulate behind it until it dischargesinto trough 10 by over flowing said partition, the level of the sapbeing thus constantly maintained above the upper edge of the orifice 12,thus effectually preventing drying of the tap hole 14: and consequentcontraction of the sap pores or ducts therein. By providing the devicewith the projecting lip 7 overlying the par tition 11 I guard againstwater running down the outside of the tree entering the sap trap formedby said partition 11, and further protect the same against high windswhich tend to blow the sap out of said trap and thus expose the tap holeto the atmosphere.

The elongated head 1 of the device affords a firm bearing in the treeand reduces to a minimum the probability of the weight of the supportedbucket dragging the spout from its position, this result being aided bythe disposition of the bucket supporting bail in the undercut portions 8close to the tree body.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

A sap spout, comprising a head, a sap trough provided with a transversepartition forming in conjunction with a sap orifice in said head a trapfor the sap, and a projecting lip on said head overlying said partitionand trap and undercut at its sides to receive a bucket supporting bail.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

CHARLES C. STELLE.

VVltIlQSSGSI A. WV. PEUCHOEN, REMsEN S. lVIILLs.

Commissioner of Patents,

